Does anyone know what AQ Khan was demonstrating about the nuclear age by using a Buckminster Fuller-design football? http://blog.nuclearsecrecy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/AQ-Khan-on-Science-and-Education-cover.jpg …
@najtaylor Though I guess one could ask why the truncated icosahedron works better for approximating a sphere than other Archimedean solids.
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@wellerstein@najtaylor It has the most sides. Icosahedron has the highest number of sides of the Archimedian solids. Truncate gives more. -
@CherylRofer Yes, that's why a Danish goalie used Bucky's design to revolutionise football's in 1962. http://www.select-sport.com/profile/the-story-of-select/ …@wellerstein -
@najtaylor@CherylRofer That's interesting. I didn't realize that the 32 panel football/soccer ball was so recent. -
@wellerstein Well, it wasn't until the 1970 World Cup that Adidas popularised the 32-panel "Bucky" ball http://www.soccerballworld.com/Telstar.htm@CherylRofer
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